Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - FULL: Could You Run 100km Every Day For 21 Days?

Episode Date: December 5, 2021

It's not something that many people would be able to pull off. But we spoke to Emma Timmis, a Kiwi who is doing just that. But she's doing the length of the country over 21 days! Which equals to be about 100km per day. Unreal. Ben's daughter posed a very interesting question which we spoke about this morning: If you knew about Covid one month before it hit in 2020, what would you tell yourself, or what would you do? Finally, we spoke to Kimberley from The Channelling - she's a psychic. We got her to predict whether we will land two shots down into a basketball hoop, aiming from Eden Park's roof. We're attempting this on Wednesday, and if we land 2 balls in the hoop, we have an epic prize to give away. An all-access pass to all of Eden Park's events in 2022, plus $1,000!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Want more Jono and Ben? You can wake up with the boys weekdays from 6 on the hits and via the iHeartRadio app. Brought to you by Resene, New Zealand's most trusted paint, Kiwi made since 1946. After the first weekend of the new traffic light system, we talked a couple of times about how it's potentially, you know, as parents you do wonder about COVID and the situation in the world, how it's going to affect the kids, you know, the kids growing up. Oh, the long-term effects, yeah. I imagine they'll be a lot more wary of shaking hands, using hand sanitiser, hand washing back. I didn't think I washed my hands for maybe 10 years. Worrying about having to have a mask and things like that. It's the things you wouldn't have.

You're right, as a kid, you'd never have worried about any of that sort of stuff. Well, you wonder if it'll go back to not worrying about that stuff. Do you think it ever will? Do you think? I hope so. I hope it will. But it's very hard to predict.

I don't know why I'm asking you. You're not an expert on this situation. Sorry, I didn't suddenly change the doctor. Should have got Susie Wilds overnight, didn't I? But my daughter, Sienna, over the weekend, actually asked a very profound question to do with COVID. Now, hold on. Let me guess.

Did you record her? I did let me guess did you record it? I did record it. Now when do the hits have to start paying your kids for content? Well yeah they probably should actually but they don't. Actually it wasn't to do with the new variant Omicron which is obviously here do we have that audio around from the Daily Show overseas? No one knows how

to pronounce it, even me. We begin with the developments on the new Omicron coronavirus variant. The name is Omicron. Omicron. Omicron. This new Omicron variant. Omicron. The rapidly spreading Omicron variant. The Omicron variant. Then there's Omicron. Is it Omicron? Omicron or something? Yeah. I might be messing up the pronunciation of this. Is it Omicron? Omicron? How do we say it? It's called the Omnicron. The Omnicron. I like Biden's one. It's the Omnicron.

So anyway, it wasn't to do with the new variant, but it was to do with COVID in general. This is a question from my daughter, Sienna. Okay, so if you were to go back in time just before COVID hit, like a month before, what would you say to yourself? What would you tell yourself if you knew about it? So if you knew about like a month before, what would you say to yourself? What would you tell yourself if you knew about it? So if you knew about it a month before. It's what you would tell your pre-COVID self.

Yeah, like what would you do? I mean, the obvious thing would probably be to go on holiday or something if you knew you had a month before COVID hit. Yeah, but you also want to get back in before. Do you know about MIQ? Do you know about, what level of detail do we know about the whole rollout? That's a very good question. Yeah, maybe you do know.

You know the whole thing. You know the whole, yeah. I'm going to go on holiday to Italy. Yeah, you can do that. At the beginning of. Yeah, but you'll be fine. You'll be fine. You'll eat pizza and pasta and go.

Six weeks later, you probably wouldn't have wanted to be. Dodged a bullet there. Yeah. What would you tell your pre-lockdown self? Listen, drinking beers before midday, it's not a necessity. But it's going to become a thing. It's going to become a thing. Yeah.

Just try and resist the urge. Maybe even have a couple of days off. Watch the waistline. You know, there's going to be consequences for your dietary plan during this period. How about you? Yeah, it will be there. But also to know that the first lockdown is not going to be the last as well would be nice to know because we all kind of got through that first one.

We're like, oh, lockdown, you almost, you know, you went, oh, maybe another one wouldn't be too bad. And then this last one, you're like, oh, this is terrible. You know, how long it's lasted for was just a shocker. What would you tell your pre-lockdown self, Julia? I would tell myself to invest in Pfizer. Oh, that's smart. Put all your money in Zoom. Or before, because when we hit March 2020,

all the stock prices plummeted, and so I would sell all the shares, so you sold them at a high, and then buy more when it was low. Buy a supermarket or something like that. Yeah, yeah, honestly. Hand sanitizer. There's a lot you could have invested in.

That's smart, yeah. Now, this was, I thought it was a very profound question from my daughter, Sienna, you know, at a young age. And then, Indy, my other daughter, was sitting there, and I was like, oh, Indy, what have you got? Put her really on the spot with a recorder. And after that profound COVID question, this is what she came up with.

Okay, and Indy, what have you have you got you got anything that's insightful um um did you know that star is rats backwards star is rats backwards or rats is star backwards okay all right I love that. To be fair to Indy, she was a spectator. Old mate turns. What have you got? What have you got? She's like, I'm prepared nothing. What? To come up with Star is Rats backwards is not bad. It's not bad.

There you go. He's recorded more of his family than a contact tracer at Ben Boys. Welcome to Two Half-Hour Sts to a Half-Assed Job. Official title, Jono and Ben, New Zealand's Breakfast. Resene, your home of Kiwi-made paints and colours this summer presents Jono and Ben's $10,000

mystery colour mix. Yeah, help us, guests. The summer thing, the summer item that's in a Resene paint tin, we have it with us in the studio, and you can win up to $10,000. Every wrong answer and correct guess, $100 taken off. I just got one taken off as well. Because we're playing the game, not Ben, Juliet, or myself,

know what the item is. Only producer B, Harmstice. Can we hear it again? That's it there. So I'm gathering it's not Omicron waiting to get out for its summer tour. It's a summer... Was that a guess? Was that a guess?

No, no, no. That was a dumb gag guess. Don't take cash off. Was that a guess? I'm on dendos now. Walking on eggshells. That wasn't a guess. No, I was a guess.

It's in the Resene Lumber Cider Waterborne Low Sheen Exterior Interior Paint Tin. What is the summer item in there? We'll kick it off with you in Pitaruru. Carolyn, welcome to New Zealand's Breakfast. Good morning. Good to have you on, Caro. What do you think the summer item is inside the tin, the resin tin? I think it's a candy cane.

Oh, is it a candy cane, Producer Behumps? No. $200 off the $10,000 prize pool so far damn it I would imagine a candy cane

might break up a bit too you know they're not always the strongest yeah is it just one thing in there

is that is that one I don't know you're the only one that knows it sounds kind of heavy like it sounds

heavier than what maybe a candy cane is I swear to God $9,900 $9,800 yeah $9,800 this is going to be the hardest thing Sounds heavier than what maybe a candy cane is. I don't know. 9,900 and... 9,800. Yeah, 9,800.

Oh, it's my maths. This is going to be the hardest thing about this competition is Jono and Ben doing on-the-spot maths. Alicia, we'll get you on from Wellington. Have a guess what's inside the Rosene tin. Hi, is it a bottle opener? Ooh. It feels like it does have the weight of a bottle opener.

We're down to 9,700. Oh, thank you anyway. Sorry. One more? Should we go one more? We'll take Adele, shall we, from Ashburton, from mid-Canterbury. Welcome to the show, Adele. Hello.

Here you go. The summer item that's hidden away in this resin tin. What do you think? Sunscreen. Oh, sunscreen. Could be sunscreen. Is it sunscreen? item that's hidden away in this resin tin. What do you think? Sunscreen. Oh, sunscreen. Could be sunscreen. Is it sunscreen? It's not sunscreen. Ah!

So, if we want a clue, it costs $500. That's right. Are we at a clue stage? No, I don't think we're at a clue stage yet, are we? Where the clue is the summer item. Yes, yes, yes. Let's not go, you know, $500 is a lot.

Let's put it to social, eh? Do we take one more guess this morning? We can take one more guess, but I don't think we're taking a clue. Okay. All right, Briar, welcome from Taranaki. Make sure this goes this morning. Briar, welcome. Hi.

Okay, you're talking to producer Bee Humps. Take it away. All right, I'm thinking it's some zinc. Ooh, zinc. A tube or a roll on zinc. I'm watching his face. He's a very good poker player. It's not.

It's not zinc. Alright. That's alright. Thank you. And at the same time exposing Ben's, Bee Humps' gambling habits of being a very good poker player. Well, there we go. No correct guesses, and that's $400. $500, including Ben's guess. Off the total, $9,500 left to win with this competition. Same time tomorrow, so make sure if you get your guesses ready for tomorrow,

it's happening the same time, all thanks to Resene Paints, wood stains and colours designed and made right here in New Zealand, named most trusted paint for the last 10 years as well, which is pretty awesome. Who's the least trusted? Who's the least? Are we going to name and shame them? No, let's not do that.

It is the hits. You've got Jono and Ben. Resene, your home of Kiwi-made paints and colours this summer, presents Jono and Ben's $10,000 mystery colour mix. I'm very, very excited about this. Help us guess the summer thing. So it's a summer item that is in a resin paint tin. If you can guess what the item is, you can win up to $10,000.

Now, it starts right now at $10,000, so someone gets it straight away. That's $10,000. But every incorrect guess, $100 is taken off. And for every clue that's given five hundred dollars taken off we don't even know though john this is what is so exciting about so what is in the razine painting now uh the only person who does know on the show is producer b hump so are we allowed to have a little rattle of the noise okay i'm gathering it's not paint inside that tin no now to the uh stute out there in the audience,

you might be finding some similarities between this and somewhat of a secretive sound of sorts. But no, this is different. This is inside a paint tin from a client. So a completely different game. But I do like the fact that we lose money with every wrong guess. Yeah.

And also, there's a bit of a $500 clue situation, Behemoths. Yeah, so you can buy a clue. It'll cost you $500. So everyone has to agree when it's time to take a clue. Would you like a clue now? No. Let's not go straight away with a clue. If Ben and I guess, do we lose $100 off the total?

Correct. So if I said, is it a jandal? No, that is down to $9,900. No, no, but I just said effort. No, that was a question. So he's just lost $100 just like that. He's just lost $100. So we can no longer say it's a $9,900. No, no, but I just said effort. No, that was a question. So he's just lost $100 just like that. I just lost $100. So we can no longer say it's a $10,000 prize pool.

Okay, well, sorry about that. Day one of the competition. Okay, so out of the hats, let's get, we should get a couple of people on next to try and guess. Yeah, and another rattle of the tin, if you would. So that's inside the Resine Pain Tin. If you think you know what the, it's a summer item it is it's related to summer you do need to be exact with the item okay oh 800 the hits is all thanks to resin summer can get pretty hot so choose resin that cool

color paints and wood stains and enjoy a cooler finish we'll be back with the secretive sound inside the resumed paint to tin next. It is the hits. These show producers were nominated for a radio award. Because when you work with these guys, you deserve a medal. Juno and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast. And now on Wednesday, we're going to be on the roof of Eden Park, throwing down basketballs to a hoop below. If Jono and I get two shots,

we unlock two all-access passes to Eden Park and $1,000 cash to give away. That's a pretty sweet deal. You get to go along to cricket, rugby, Powerade G9 at Eden Park. There's concerts, 660, Guns N' Roses next year. Get a rooftop tour, stadium glamping as well, and $1,000.

Yeah, you were just going through the stats as well. How many shots are we going to be making over this duration, Ben Boyce? I reckon the maximum we'll be able to make over the six hours Is about 720 shots between the two of us So we've got one in 360 to get it in Stats impressive, that's what we want this morning on 0800 The Hits Emma, how are you?

I'm really good, how are you? Good, we're doing stats impressive Stats impressive, so impress us with your stats. Oh, blimey. Well, I'm 37 years old. Loving it already. Great stuff. And you're prime.

And you're about to do something impressive, we understand. Yes, I am about to run the length of New Zealand, which is approximately 2,100 kilometres. And I'm aiming for 21 days, which doesn't take too much to figure out the maths with that one. Gee whiz, that is stats impressive. Well, so 100 kilometres a day, obviously, you're going for. 100 kilometres a day?

Yeah. Why? So quite a few reasons, really. One of the main ones is that I want to raise money for youth mental health. So I'm raising money for Youthline in New Zealand and Young Minds in the UK, aiming to raise $21,000 for each of those. So I think that works at $10 per kilometre that I run. And I also want to set a new Guinness World Record. So the current record is 35 days and 27 minutes. And I'm hoping to smash that.

You are. Well, you will smash that if you get to 21 days. How are you feeling? Have you ever done anything like this before? Yeah, yeah. I've done quite a few things like this. About seven years ago, I ran across Africa, which was a lot of fun. You ran across Africa?

Hold on. You ran across Africa? Africa. As you do, you know, yeah. Jeez. How big is that? How long was that run that took 89 days

and it was just under 4000 kilometres oh I'm looking at now in 2014 you raised across Africa you raised some money for the RSPCA

as well yeah jeez Africa's big yes and hot and hot so when did you get this bug to run

or do you hate running always run oh I love running it makes me feel great I've always run I've run since I was 12 And hot. So when did you get this bug to run? Or do you hate running? Always run. I love running. It makes me feel great. I've always run. I've run since I was 12 years old, so 25 years now. The thing is with running, though, I imagine when you get to your level, just heading out for your Sunday afternoon run across Africa,

keeping yourself satisfied, a 10K run would be nothing to you. Your family wouldn't see you for days, right? It's funny how your mind and your body adapt as you increase and do more and more. What's normal changes quite drastically. Running across Africa, did you come into any encounters with animals or any dangers? Yeah, nothing super dangerous. But yeah, we saw loads of animals, saw elephants at the side of the road, lots of giraffes

and in the evenings when we were sleeping in the rooftop tent sometimes you'd get elephants or rhinos pushing against the vehicle. Wow that's incredible so what's the hardest thing when you're running these ridiculous distances? Do you get blisters? Is it fatigue?

I mean, what do you have mentally? What do you go through? Probably kind of a mental fatigue, I would say, because running is quite monotonous, even though I love it. You do get a little bit bored with it, and just trying to keep your mind stimulated while you're running along is kind of one of the struggles.

What do you think about? What do you go to? Everything and anything. I think I'm quite a creative person, so my mind does wander onto all manner of different things. Emma, this is the producer. I just have a really random question. So when you're going from Wellington to Picton,

do you get to rest on the inter-islander? Yes. Oh, that's good. I was like, oh my goodness, if you're going to be on a treadmill on the inter-islander that's a very good question wow interesting when are you doing this i begin on the 18th of december so less than two weeks now and we can why go through christmas yeah yeah so hopefully there's going to be less people on the roads on christmas so christmas day you're going to be running new ze 100k Yep Well I'm going to be keeping an eye on this

Where can people A. Donate and B. Follow your progress there Emma? Yeah everything through my website So emmatimis.com You'll find links to the pages to donate And then there's also an amazing tracker That I'll have on me So you'll be able to see the map And see exactly where I am

And if anyone wants to come out and join me They are more than welcome to just bring a high vis so that you're nice and safe on the roads and yeah all the information is on my website bring a high vis and plan not to see your family for a number of weeks it's good luck well so lovely talking to you and that was that's impressive that's for sure thank you how amazing How amazing is that? 100 kilometres a day. Right, yeah. I know, it's really put into perspective us throwing a couple of balls off the roof of Eden Park. Juliet, next time someone phones up and says,

I've run across Africa, and we're just standing on a roof of Eden Park, let's just vet them, okay? Yeah, let's not put those... Shut them off at the gate. Next, you could win up to $10,000 It's all thanks to Rosene It's an amazing prize and a very cool competition

We'll tell you how you could win in just a few moments Now on Wednesday we're heading to Eden Park And we're attempting to try and land the ultimate trick shot twice Jono and I are going to be on the roof We're going to be shooting basketballs down onto Eden Park, onto the field, into a hoop. And if we both nail two shots, we unlock an amazing prize. Thanks to Eden Park. An all-access pass to Eden Park

and $1,000 cash. And you can head to edenpark.co.nz for the Christmas event calendar with amazing event deals and prizes. I don't think this is quite the two shots message they were trying to get across to us, Ben, but we've sort of taken the ball and literally run with it to the top of the roof of Eden Park to try and get them in. Now, you were just rattling off the stats.

Yeah. It's going to be taking place on Wednesday at Eden Park. But you were just mowing through the stats. And that's what we want to open up on 4487 on the text or 0800 the hits telephone number. Stats. Impressive. So impress us with your stats. They can be about anything.

We're not going to, I mean Juliet you've got an interesting one which we'll talk about very shortly. Yeah. But what are the stats for Eden Park? Okay so we're allowed up there for about six hours on the day. So we've got 20 balls. It takes 10 minutes for the balls to get back

up to us. So that's basically 120 shots per hour over six hours. We basically have one in 360 shots each to get our shot in. Well, you've broken down. Yeah. I put 720 shots between us. So if you get your one on shot number two, then I have 718 more shots to try and get

it in. And what happens in that instance? Because we do have to get one each. If one of us does achieve early, do they just sit and antagonize for the remainder of the attempt? What happens then? Probably knowing us. Yeah. That seems to be the way it is.

So, yeah. That's impressive, Ben. That's impressive. Juliet, impress us with yours. Oh, gosh. I was in the top 0.5% of Justin Bieber's listeners this year on Spotify. Now, this is in the world. The world.

In the top 0.5%. Not even Hailey Bieber is in the same. Yeah, I know. God, isn't that concerning? I imagine Bieber probably likes to gather those stats and issue restraining orders to anyone in the top 0.5%. These are psychos. Not even Bieber would have listened to that music. No.

So how many hours? Do you know in total? Oh, I can't find that off the top of my head, but I think it was like I listened to maybe 10,000 minutes of his songs or something like that. Well, he would like to thank you for... Being a psycho? Being a psycho.

And also financing his new Lamborghini, I imagine, as well. Yeah, I know. So well done on that. That's impressive. Being a psycho? Being a psycho. And also financing his new Lamborghini, I imagine, as well. Yeah, I know. That's impressive. Can we say over the weekend, Ajaz Patel, New Zealand black cap player, got all 10 wickets for the black caps in one innings. Has this been done before? Only three people in Test cricket. He's the third person ever in Test cricket to get all 10 wickets.

Best performance by a New Zealand bowler ever. So it was awesome to get every wicket in the innings. Once he was on eight or nine, surely the rest of the team was sort of helping him get the goal. It was pretty incredible. That is stats impressive. We've got an early one here. Aaron's on from Blenheim.

Welcome to the show, Aaron. How are you, mate? I'm good, mate. Lovely to have you on. Stats impressive. Impress us with your stats. I've listened to a certain podcast that has you two and your

producer on it for a good 13.5 thousand minutes this year. Our podcast for 13... Daily listen. We've made 13,000 minutes of podcast. Yeah, 196 episodes. And you've listened

to them all. Everyone, mate. That's such a lot. Wow, thank you so much for doing that. I feel like we need to send you an apology or something. Have we got anything we can send Aaron? What have we got? Some cigarettes? Vodka.

Oh, pizza. Producer B Hunt was sort of signalling with his hands. He was eating pizza. That was the cigarette. That's why you were terrible at that charade show. Cigarettes? We're going to send you some pizza, okay, buddy? Some hell pizza.

Thanks, mate. Thank you so much, Aaron. Well, that's an honor. It's very humbling, isn't it? It's an honor. Yeah, no, it's also a punishment idea, so they would use it for prisoners of war in Afghanistan or somewhere.

Thank you, Aaron. You have a wonderful week, mate. You too, mate. Now, 0800 THE HITS 4487. Can you impress us with any stats you've done or maybe you're

about to do? We'd love to hear from you. It is THE HITS. Ben and Jono call this show Jono and Ben. Breakfast on THE

HITS. THE HITS. THE HITS. New Zealand's breakfast. It's Jono and Ben Good morning, just gone 8 o'clock You're with Jono and Ben

Of course the first weekend of the traffic light system The vaccine passports were used out and about Did you have to use yours up the weekend? I was just saying to the team before the show started this morning That no, not once was I asked to use Oh really? And I even offered it up outside

Mitre 10 and the guys were like no no don't need to I think retail's fine yeah you're right retail don't know where

I went and picked up a coffee that I'd ordered through my phone and then I got in there and they're like vaccine pass and I was like oh this is exciting

but then you felt like that fumbly person that took forever to try to open the wallet what's the oh there it is in there. But Chris Hipkins...

Did they scan it? Sorry, Ben? No, I just had a look at it. Oh, yeah. Which, you know, producer Behem's brought up this wonderful point earlier in the show

that there's no photo attached to the identification so you can just fire that, just screenshot it, fire it over to your anti-vaxxer friends. We can get them out there, guys.

You know, anti, you know, no one deserves to be discriminated against, do they? You do worry about the fact that there's no photo ID attached to it. Seems like a huge thing. Seems like a flaw. Do you reckon

the hippo's sitting there going, Damn it! Hippo! You know better than this! That's Chris Hipkins, of course. You're talking about the COVID response minister. Actually, he was questioned by Tybur O'Brien, not over the weekend, not actually about the photo ID, which maybe they should have focused more on, but more about was he getting out there to the clubs.

Just wondering, the clubs opened for the first time properly last night. Did you get a chance to go out there and stretch your legs? Unfortunately not. No, very quiet night at home for me. There was no stretching or spreading involved. A little insight into the hippo's

personal life there. Which is one. And do you think Chris Hampton's like, ah, no, I'm trying to navigate the country out of this pandemic.

I would have got so much grief if he was out there on the booze, wouldn't he? I know. Yeah, I mean, we mowed in on David Clark

going out for a bike ride, didn't we? Oh, yeah. Anyone heard from him? No, exactly. Hey, next on the show, we mowed in on David Clark going out for a bike ride, didn't we? Oh, yeah. Anyone heard from him? No, exactly. Heard from him. Hey, next on the show, we're trying to do something pretty special at Eden Park on Wednesday that could result in a pretty epic prize.

We'll tell you what it is very shortly. It is the hits. You've got John and Ben. Spy. The WhatsApp. Spy.co.nz. Here to question, here to make the celebs question why they ever wanted to be famous in the first place is Juliette with Spy.

So Ben Boyce, you might like this story. So Adele recently did a video with a makeup YouTuber called Nikki Tutorials. And it was basically a half an hour video of Nikki doing Adele's makeup. And they were just kind of chatting, casually chatting. And one of the things that Nikki asked Adele, they were talking about the people that Adele has met, and if there's anyone that she hasn't met that she's desperate to meet or thinks is really cool, and this was her response. Someone I've never met that I think I would actually cry. Who?

It's The Rock, but I know he goes by Dwayne Johnson now. Stop! No, wait, wait, wait. I was the biggest wrestling fan when I was younger. This is so funny. He sent me flowers the other day because him and his wife couldn't make my show. Literally, I nearly fell off my chair. Really?

Oh, yeah. It's not like I haven't got a crush on him or anything. It's just that he's amazing. Be my father. He's just incredible. Just wouldn't be my mate. Isn't that good? I love that.

What a lovely gesture. You would love to be sent flowers by the rock in his wife, wouldn't you? Maybe I should invite him along to one of our radio shows if he can't make it. We invited him to the show and he sent me some flowers. Him and his wife? Double pass? Yeah, they could come along. Where would you position them in here? Oh yeah, there's two chairs next

to us. So they would just awkwardly, would they talk on here or just watch the magic? Just watching the show. Watch them coming. No, I don't want to feel like we're using his celebrity for the show. They can just come along and watch the show. Ben Boyce quarterly invoices Dwayne the Rock Johnson and wife to witness history in the making.

He's still yet to repost your tattoo video. Well, he can maybe do that when he's in here watching the show. Yeah. Ben Boyce got a tattoo. If you've just joined the program, Ben Boyce got a tattoo of Dwayne the Rock Johnson on his bottom and a love heart just to show his Boyce got a tattoo of Dwayne The Rock Johnson on his bottom

and a love heart just to show his affection, show his commitment to Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And we, every morning, would check if he had posted it on his Instagram. Because he'd seen it. He'd seen it. He had it on his phone. He'd seen it. Yeah, he had it on his phone.

He'd sent it around to Emily Blunt and he was, yeah, I was that person. So that was a win. Are you still checking his account to see if they're posting it? No, I'm still checking his account just because I like following The Rock. Yeah, that's fair. That is fair. Oh, hopefully he comes and watches us do radio. Yeah, that would be fun.

And Ed Sheeran, this is quite an interesting story. So this did happen in 2019, but more information has come out recently. Ed Sheeran performed at Gordon Ramsay's daughter's party. But Gordon Ramsay asked, you know, Ed, we would like you to perform at my daughter's 18th birthday. What's your fee? And Ed kind of thought, well, I don't really want to get paid. Why don't I trade my skill for your skill?

So their deal was that he'd play at his daughter's 18th birthday party if Gordon came around and taught Ed and his wife Cherry to cook a couple of good meals. And so he came round after the party and taught him and Cherry how to cook beef wellington and apple tartartan. Is that how you say that? I never know how to pronounce that, does it? Sounded good. Sounded convincing. And it didn't get paid for the performance because he was like, well, I don't probably need the money.

Bit of bartering going on there. Yeah. It's good. I like it. Bit of bartering going on there. Yeah. It's good. It's good. I like it. Old school bartering. I know. Yeah, well done.

I mean, who won out of that? You would have to say Ramsay got the better end of the deal there. Yeah. I mean, he should have put on a full show for his daughter.

Yeah, for a whole lot of people. Yeah, that's an hour and a half. I mean, Ramsay's got... He should have, like, had a dinner party or something and said, could Ramsay cook

or something. Oh, that's so true. I will perform at your daughter's birthday if you cook for me for five years. Yeah. Every night. Yeah. That could be a win-win. Tartar, I mean, not tartar, beef wellington.

Oh, that's a big one to cook. He loves a beef wellington. If you've ever watched Gordon Ramsay on any Hell's Kitchen, he's like, that's raw, the beef wellington. He's always going on about the beef wellington. There's a fine line between the wellington being cooked and raw. And it always comes out looking raw, the beef Wellington. He's always going on about the beef Wellington. There's a fine line between the Wellington being cooked and raw. And it always comes out looking raw. Yes.

Yeah. I don't think I've ever eaten it before, but it looks delicious. Friend Jeremy came over and cooked beef Wellington. He said, I'll come over and cook beef Wellington for you one day. And I said, okay. And then Jeff performed at his daughter's 18th. To do radio. The 18th birthday.

And those kids hated every minute of it. Love it. Five words for 5K on the hits. You're only five words away from a massive payday. It is our Game of Words Association. We play it every morning at this time on the hits. We tell you five words, you tell us what pops into your head after each of those words in a form of all five match up with ours,

you win $5,000. And I'm going to bring Olivia on from mid Canterbury. How are you, Olivia? Good morning. Good, thank you. How are you guys? Oh, we're doing well, Maureen. Lovely.

What are you, in Ashburton, are you? Yeah, Mount Summers, close to it. Mount Summers, right. Wonderful part of the country. Now, Olivia, you know this, that we only have one obligation every day, and that's to try and win you $5,000. Apparently, we've also got an obligation to raise our children but those kids they know they come a close second don't they

to us giving away cash ben that's right we've told those we sat those kids down and we said i'm sorry children you knew this when you were born olivia what do you do uh i'm a sustainable dairy advisor for fontera what sorry for fontera, I do farm environment plans for dairy farmers. Oh! I'm going to go, oh, like I know what you're talking about. Yeah. I've heard of dairy farms, so that's good, and Fonterra as well. So I'm connecting some dots, but not

all of them. Okay, let's try and win you 5k. You're going to put that towards what? My partner and I just bought a section, so building a house. Oh! This would come in very very handy, wouldn't it? Yeah. All right. Who are you sending into the soundproof booth this morning, Olivia?

I'll go with Jono, please. Okie dokie. All right. Jono's heading on in there. Any reason why you chose Jono? When I'm playing in the morning, he's just who I match with the most. So hopefully we can match today. OK.

Well, hopefully it's a good omen. He's in the soundproof booth. Here we go, Olivia. Your first word this morning is eeyore. Eeyore. Donkey. Yeah, that's what I thought as well. Handle is the second word. H-A-N-D-L-E

Handle. Go door. Door handle? Nice. Very good. So far you've done really well. Ferry. F-A-I-R-Y. Ferry. Tinkerbell.

Tinkerbell. As opposed to the Inter-Island Ferry, which is another one. A different spelling. Apartment. Building. Building. And finally, ticket. T-I-C-K-E-T, ticket.

I'll go concert. Concert ticket. That's one of those ones that's thrown in there where there's a few options, aren't there? I was thinking rugby ticket, but we'll stick with concert. Yeah, concert ticket's a good option. We'll see if they match with Jono right now. He's out of the soundproof booth, Olivia. Olivia played a really good game this morning here, Jono.

I'd expect her to. I never doubted Olivia, did you? No, I doubted if I knew what a job was exactly. But we both politely pretended we did. Ah, right. Okay, Olivia, before we let you get on and do all of your dairy farm stuff, let's win you this cash, okay, matey? Here we go.

First word this morning is eeyore. Eeyore. Isn't the donkey? Donkey. Yeah, isn't the donkey? Yes, donkey is the word we were hoping for. Handle. H-A-N-D-L-E, handle.

Door. Oh, good start here, guys. Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Yeah, Olivia, talk to us. Bit nervous, but I'm backing you. All right, come on. Here we go, Jono. All right, as third word this morning was fairy.

F-A-I-R-Y, fairy. Fairy bread? why fairy fairy bread that was aggressive Olivia Tinkerbell Tinkerbell oh yeah one of the great

fairies yeah one of your top three favourites and all the other great ones tooth fairies up there too oh yeah you'd say tooth fairies probably added more to society Yeah, one of your top three favorites and all the other great ones. Tooth Fairy's up there too.

Oh, yeah, you'd say Tooth Fairy's probably added more to society than Tinkerbell. Walt Disney would have some questions about that, wouldn't he? I'm sorry, Olivia. That's all right. Out at word number three, but let's continue on, shall we? We had apartment. Apartment building. Ooh, and ticket was the final word. Ticket.

Parking. Three out of five. Not bad. We went concert ticket. Olivia, I'm sorry. That house isn't going to be built, and it's all thanks to me. No. Yeah, it's all on me.

You have a great day, Olivia. Thank you so much for listening. And hopefully we get to do this again. It was fun. Thank you. You too. Now on Wednesday, we are shooting basketballs from the roof at Eden Park. If Jono and I both nail a shot into the hoop down below, we win.

You guys, someone will win an all-access pass. Two people will win that to Eden Park for 2022. Amazing prize, cricket, rugby, concerts as well, and $1,000 cash. And we wanted to know if we're going to get this shot on Wednesday, so we thought we'd talk to a psychic this morning, a psychic we've had on the show many times before. Kimberly, good morning. How are you doing? Good. How are you doing?

Lovely to have you on. It's always great to have your psychic vibes on the show. Oh, I think I'm converting the two of you into believers. Well, yeah, we keep coming back. Now, if anyone hasn't heard you on the radio before, can you explain where you're from and what exactly you do to predict things? Yeah, I'm from The Channeling,

which is in Ponsonby in Auckland. So we've got a crystal shop, and alongside that, I do psychic readings and crystal healing and Reiki and all those wonderful, vibey things. Yeah, right. So we get you on every now and then just to work your magic and do some predictions for us.

Now, on Wednesday, Ben and myself, we're embarking on a world first. It's throwing balls off the roof of Eden Park, and it's a world first, Ben. It is. He's looking at me like, don't call it a world first. But then there's no way that we can't. No, you're right. So he doesn't want me to call it a world first.

But it is. Yeah, you're right. We're throwing balls off the roof of Eden Park into a hoop. Our two shots for summer campaign, Kimberly. Oh, gosh. I love hearing of your fate. Yes, sir. That's right, fam.

And so we're going to be doing this on Wednesday. Are we going to get the shots in over to you? You'll get one each. We will? We will get it. One of you is going to roll your ankles as well while doing it. It'll be me. It'll be Jono.

It'll be, well... I roll my ankles a dozen times a year. He's always limping. He's like, I've rolled my ankle again. I'm like, doing what? I can't walk like a normal human being for some reason. My ankles are, you know, everyone has a weak point, and my ankles are it for me. Okay, let's go with you then.

Yeah, yeah. I know it's kryptonite for Superman. Well, it's my ankles. They're very big. So how are you getting this? How do you come up with this prediction? Usually I'll get visions come through, or I might get a feeling

about it as well so think about if you thought um back to a scene in a movie and replayed it in your mind the visions are kind of like that that i get so i could see someone rolling their ankle but i just wasn't sure who it could be me it could be me but yeah it'll be very funny if it's if it's me I wouldn't just be expected to be honest It's just another week of my ankles My ankle career Now, Kimberley, you said we're both going to get it in

Are we getting them early? Is it going to take a long time? No, it's going to take quite a while So, Jono, particularly I see getting very frustrated Yes Yes He'll get frustrated at me Actually, I see getting very frustrated. Yes. Yes.

He'll get frustrated at me if I'm not getting it. He'll get frustrated. Yeah, you will in general. Yeah, they've rolled ankles. It's just going to be, yeah. They've rolled. Can we chuck a couple of other little things at you, Kimberly, while you're there? Yeah, go ahead. All right.

Obviously, you know, the world's a bit worried about the Omicron, the new virus, the new variant that's coming this way. Do you see any more lockdowns happening next year? Yeah, next year is going to be a little bit messy, actually. So with lockdowns, you know, I think the government's going to have the best intentions not to lock us down. So it's going to be a bit hard for them because I'm getting like April, May, there will be a little lockdown. And then I'm also getting like cases surging in August and a lockdown will be held off until September.

So I'm predicting that my birthday in September next year will be in a level four lockdown. Wow, there you go. Do you tell me when you regret asking that question, Ben? Yeah, I really shouldn't. Okay, I have another one here. Will Ben in 2022 accidentally log himself out of the work computer? Yeah.

Yeah. I do that on the daily, so that's probably it. Willie, for some reason, burdened producer Juliet with this problem. You need to give me harder. Yeah, for some reason, burdened Producer Juliet with this problem. You need to give me harder... Yeah, OK. All right, let's go on. Jacinda and Clark, obviously Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner, Clark Gayford,

their wedding is meant to take place over summer. Any predictions involving that? It will take place. I'm quite happy with how their wedding will go. They will lose the wedding certificate or document briefly. That'll be Clark. If I know Clark,

he's definitely going to lose the certificate, guy. But I'm also getting a lot of donations to charities, so maybe that is part of their wedding gift. They'll ask people to donate to charities. Of course they would. Yeah'm pretty like the whole wedding. Yeah, no, that's it.

Well, do you know, last time we spoke to Kimberley, she predicted that Ben Boyce was going to be a multimillionaire living in a mansion. Yeah. Now, how are you going? How are the finances? I'm still working away on that one. It's a long-term goal, but I'm getting there.

You'll get there. You'll get there. Exactly. I haven't been to his house in a while, so who knows? Yeah. Who knows where he's living? Hey, Kimberley from the channeling, really love your work. Thank you so much for coming on.

Great to talk again with you guys. You too. You too. And I'll be looking out for my ankles this coming Wednesday. Morning. This show contains traces of Jono and Ben. The Hits with Jono and Ben for breakfast. Actually, I had to ask the question, was George Michael still alive or not?

I didn't realise he's passed. You know, he's like one of those celebrities, you're not sure. You don't realise. No. Huge news. It was massive. John O'Reilly was in his cave. Yeah.

Now, when did he pass, George Michael? I think it was... Was it a couple of years ago? Maybe. It might even almost be like 10 years ago now, maybe. Or maybe that's a little bit too long ago. Here we go. Passed away.

Let's have a look at the date. Oh, 2016. Oh, wow. A long time ago. ago. Here we go. Passed away. Let's have a look at the date. Oh, 2016. Oh, wow. A long time ago. Oh, there you go. I should probably pay more attention to the news and topical events. I was outside Pack and Save yesterday, and kind of I know one of your morbid fears in life, Ben Boyce,

is being asked questions outside the supermarket. That's what he does. Don't question me. I'm on the way into the supermarket. It's not question time sometimes if he pulls up in his car and he sees a desk with a person with a clipboard he'll keep on driving to another supermarket confidence the real story is it was busy car park and then you know i've got you know yeah plus there's a

pain in the ass there with the clipboard uh But no, I was asked a question by a gentleman outside Pack and Save, non-clipboard question, outside Pack and Save yesterday. He said, do you have a cigarette? And I said, no, no. You look like the type that probably would. And I was kind of like, oh, do I look cool enough that I would smoke? So I was kind of flattered in one sense. But then I said no.

And then he followed up with what I thought was quite an interesting question, just given the answer from the first question. He said, do you have a lighter? And then I'm thinking, well, I don't have a cigarette. Unless I'm an arsonist or a birthday cake lighter. Why would I also have the lighter as well? It was an unusual sequence of questioning there. Yeah, unless you'd run out of cigarettes, you know, and then, yeah.

True, that's true. I mean, he's just, and then he followed up with, like, have you got any spare change? So he's just, he's throwing all sorts of questions, just hoping he's going to get a bite. He's going to go like Jessica Rentova at the 1pm press conference. He's like, surely one of these is going to land. But it's interesting what you carry around in your pockets, isn't it?

Because he's taking a gamble, I imagine, with a few people walking into the supermarket about what's in their pockets. So I want to play a little game. Let's all guess what's in each other's pockets. Right now. You can always tell a lot about someone by what's in their pockets. You'll probably get online, to be honest.

Okay, I'm going to go. Ben'll get, well, you'll probably get on mine to be honest. Yeah, okay, I'm going to go Ben Boyce. Can I see your trousers today? I just want to see what the capacity is of those pockets. I've got shorts on. Shorts on,

deep pockets, okay. You've got four options of pockets, yeah. Four? Have you got, what, two at the back, two at the front? Yeah, but there's only,

one of them's empty at the back, okay. Okay, I'm going to pick you've got your swipe card in your back pocket? No, no, swipe card lives in my wallet, so yeah. No, what's in your back, okay, I'm going to pick you've got your swipe card in your back pocket. No.

Wallet? Swipe card lives in my wallet. So, yeah. No, what's in your back? Okay, I'm going to go a bottle of little green Dettol hand sanitizer with the belt harness attached to it. Well, no, you're right. There is some hand sanitizer. Oh, my God. You've got two bottles of hand sanitizer.

It's in the front right pocket. Two? Yeah. Two different brands. He's got the Detol one and a... Another brand, another, yeah. Okay, and then I'm also going to pick, you've got, what else in the other pocket?

Guess what's in Ben's pockets on a Monday morning. I'm going to say some extra sugar-free gum, half a packet left in bubble mint. I'm doing two packets of that. Two packets of sugar-free gum. I'm doing good with that one. You're actually correct. Is there more stuff in those pockets?

Well, there is. There's only, there's a wallet, obviously, the smiggle wallet. Oh, the Velcro wallet. A face mask. A face mask is in the back pocket. Jeez, you're carrying along those pockets. Yeah. I think it's the essentials for me.

That's the essentials. Maybe I don't need two lots of hand sanitizer, but that's the essentials. Yeah. So, I mean, if you'd bumped into this guy outside the supermarket, he would be rattling off items. He'd be pulling them all out. Have a couple of wins. There you go.

That's what's in Ben's pockets this morning. Well, it's not quite the game we're going to be playing with Rosina after 8 o'clock this morning. But if you guess something, you can win up to $10,000. Yeah, this is an exciting game. An exciting game that we get to play as well because we don't know the answer. No, so it's not what I've got in my pockets. Well, I'll be surprised. Maybe it is some extra white

bubble gum. But we'll find out after 8 o'clock and you can win $10,000 on the hits. Two dads just trying to fill some airtime. Some may say it's pointless, but the main thing is it fills in some airtime for us. That is the main thing. Listen, we're not here to beat around the bush uh because if anything that's a strange act to do in public at the park uh but what we are here to do is bring you the

news from the last 24 hours with my friend benjamin yeah it was the first weekend of the traffic light system as we said earlier it was really cool to see people out and about you know back back to bars and restaurants and cafes. But the vaccine passports, first weekend to debut those. And it seems like some people have been selling some vaccine passports online for $10 I heard on the radio. Listen, I tried something, okay? Are you going to have a go at me for it? Is it fraud?

Is it illegal? It's funny there's no photo ID on it. It seems like a bit of a flaw in the system, right? Producer B Humps text over the weekend. He said, why is there no photograph attached to this identification? And when he said it, I was like, Tova and Jessica, you need to start asking these questions today. Even Barry, get Barry into it.

I know he's got his alfresco now. Barry Soper. Barry Soper, yeah. I know he's been quite fixated on toilet usage and alfresco now. Barry Soper. Barry Soper, yeah. He's been quite fixated on toilet usage and alfresco dining, but this could be his new one. Why are there no photos? Because you could just take a screenshot and give it to your

anti-vaccine, anti-5G friend, and they can just use it to get in. Apparently on the news there's some younger people heading out to some bars with their vaccine passport, the barcode, printed onto their T-shirt. They got it printed so they could just walk on in.

And it's scanned, apparently. The QR code's scanned. The QR code's scanned from a T-shirt. But you're speaking of Tova asking the tough questions. Well, she actually asked Chris Hipkins over the weekend, the MP, about what he was doing. Was he hitting the bars in the first weekend? Just wondering, the club's opened for the first time properly last night.

Did you get a chance to go out there and stretch your legs? Unfortunately not. No, a very quiet night at home for me. There was no stretching or spreading involved. His wife's like, can you not? Can you not? I know. Hippo?

He goes to the game. Don't talk to her. Yeah, that's good on him. Good on him. I love the hippo. But I can't imagine the hippo in the club. Can you not? I know. Hippo? He goes to the game. Don't talk to him. Yeah, that's good on him. Good on him. I love the hippo, but I can't imagine the hippo in the clubs. Can you? You're spreading his legs. No.

No, he's not a club guy, is he? No, my dad's here. Yeah. It'd be like me turning up to Juliet's clubs over the weekend. You'd be like, can you go? No, no, what are you doing here? Yeah, well, this club's officially ended now. And speaking of asking yourself what you're doing, even Prince William was doing that.

Now, a few years ago he was at a big charity function and he talked about this on a new Apple Fitness podcast, which is all about fitness and mental health and going out there and going for a walk or doing something to improve your mental health. But he was like saying, I can't believe I'm actually

telling this story. So he was at a gala, fundraising gala, 2013. Jon Bon Jovi's on stage playing away. He's doing, you know, we're halfway there. We're all living on a prayer, rowdy row. And Prince William's sitting next to Taylor Swift. And then after the first song, Taylor Swift just puts a sort of hand on his shoulder and says,

come on, let's go sing. And he's like, all right. And he's like, well, you know, Taylor Swift is telling you, let's go sing. He's like, all right, I should go sing. And then he realized when he's up there on stage with John Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift, he started sweating. He's like, this is a bad idea.

John Bon Jovi's singing Living on a Prairie. He's like, I don't know, half, maybe half. Halfway there on the lyrics to that song. Yeah, it's one of those ones when it comes in the bar, you know the, whoa! But it's high. It's a high tone. There's a little bit of audio From the moment stage It's good

He kind of assumed The role of BVs Didn't he He let Taylor do A lot of the heavy lifting Rightfully so But even him He was like

What did I He was like This is not good was like going, why did I? He was like, this is not good for my mental health. Why did I go out there and do this? So he was regretting that. But he's like, when Taylor Swift asks you to go up and sing, you just. You can go, hey, well, why don't you do it? Because you're the professional singer and I'm a prince. It's an option.

We got swept up in the moment. It happens to the royals. And that is scrolling through your feed this morning. We got $5,000 up for grabs very, very shortly, as well as a psychic who hopefully will be able to predict whether we'll make the two shots at Eden Park to win you a great prize. It is the hits. New Zealand's breakfast.

This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning. It is Jono and Ben with you on a Monday morning. Thanks so much for hanging out with us. Now, a builder was doing some work on Buckingham Palace, and he'd been there before. He'd been there like a year ago before, and he was doing some work outside,

and he heard this voice go, would you like a cup of tea? And he basically was like, oh, yeah, that'd be nice. He was like, yeah, I'd love a cup of tea, but none of that stuff I had last time, none of that good china, you know, nothing on a saucer, just a normal, just a stock standard cup of tea. Give me a tradies cup of tea but none of that stuff I had last time none of that good china you know nothing on a saucer just a normal just a standard cup of tea. Give me a tradies

cup of tea. Grassroots cup of tea. And so the person brought out who yelled out brought him out a cup of tea a couple minutes later and he went and grabbed it and as he sort of looked down the hallway he looked at the person walking away and it was the queen. The queen got him a cup of tea. The queen had brought him a cup of tea. How did she serve it though because he

requested. I think she had to take it no saucer no. Really? Just in a mug of tea. The Queen had bought him a cup of tea. How did she serve it, though? Because he requested, you know. I think she had to take it. She had no saucer. No, no. Really? Just in a mug. Yeah. With like a picture of her face on it or something. He was like, oh my goodness, that was actually the Queen.

Had no idea it was the Queen asking. It was probably in World's Best Grandma mug or something that she was given by the grandkids. How incredible was that, though? That's phenomenal. What a lovely story. Yeah. It's really nice, isn't it? Yeah.

I mean, what you didn't see is the 39 people who had to make the cup of tea. Yeah. Once she demanded it. Yeah, she's like, I'm not doing that. You didn't see them carrying her to give him the cup of tea. That's wonderful, isn't it? It's very cool. I love hearing stories like that.

Hey, we've got a big show today. Weren't they all worried she was dead? The Queen? Oh, yeah. So she's still kicking? She's back healthy, I think. Yeah, well, that's good to know. She's doing so well in her 90s, isn't she? I know.

That's when you know you've reached the stage of life. When people start going, you're doing so well. That I'm existing? Hey, we got an amazing prize. Thanks our mates at Razine where you can win up to $10,000. It's happening this morning and even the two

of us don't know the answer to this. No. A lot of cash up for grabs, though. Yeah. It's exciting. So stick around. It is a big show. You've got Jono and Ben on your Monday. She's got her fingers in pies and fingers in spies, and she's about to use them to read you this latest celebrity update. Juliette Rothel. So Tristan Thompson, the basketballer and also the father of Khloe Kardashian's child, they've been kind of on and off for the last wee while.

He's found himself in hot water again. So you may remember a few years ago when Khloe was heavily pregnant with their child, it came out that he had an affair with another woman. And this basically caused Chloe to go into labor. Like this all came out and she pretty much gave birth because of all the stress. And everyone was like, oh dear God. Now there was some CCTV footage of him with his face buried into the chest of another lady in a nightclub. And we don't know what was going on there.

Ben, we weren't there. As Ben always likes Yeah. And we don't know what was going on there. Ben, we weren't there. As Ben always likes to say, we don't know. We weren't there, but it didn't look great. He had his hands full with drinks in his wallet, so he couldn't use his hands and eyes, but maybe he lost his car keys or something, and they were buried in there. So the only way he could find them was with his face.

That's what I like to believe. So this has sort of happened again. Chloe and Tristan have sort of seemed to work through things a little bit. They're still together today. But it's now come out that Tristan is expecting a child with his personal trainer. And that he apparently offered her a lump sum of $75,000 to have an abortion and keep quiet. So this has now come out into the public because she's now suing him for

child support. Has she given birth to the child? She has given birth to the child, I think a few days ago. Her name is Marilee Nichols and this is and there's a whole lot of apparently there's text messages between them that she's bringing to the court and everything. So it's a bit of a situation

but Tristan Thompson, me, oh my. The castration. I would be like, mate, I can't be trusted. I can't trust myself. Just remove my basketballs. Yeah, honestly, that's what needs to happen at this point. And Khloe Kardashian, girl, move on. I remember watching, I stumbled across it one Sunday afternoon.

It was the episode of, because to keep me up with the Kardashians, they actually film everything. To their credit, there's nothing they really hide from the cameras, that family. And he walked into the birthing suite

as Khloe's giving birth to the child. Oh, just after all those, the footage came out, right? Just after he got caught cheating. And it was the most awkward thing I've seen. And was that the family

in the birthing suite? All the family were there. Kim was the angel. Tell you what, Kim was not happy. She had some things to say to him. But they were actually like,

no, now is not the time to blow up. They tried to refrain. Oh my goodness. That would just be traumatising. She'd be like, hey guys.

Oh my gosh. Anyway, poor Chloe. And George Clooney has revealed that he once turned down $35 million for one day of work. Which, you know, anyone in their right mind would be like, $35 million for one day of work? Yes, please. Was it an espresso commercial? No, it wasn't.

It was an airline commercial. And he said it was associated with a country that, although it an ally is questionable at times and so he thought well if it takes a minute's sleep away from me it's not worth it $35 million he didn't say what country it was though so it's obviously maybe a controversial one but this is the problem when you're married to a humanitarian rights lawyer she's always

going to go oh no they've had some shocking plus stuff but it's $35 million hello $35 million I don't care what they've done in the past I know I just want to

advertise their coolie a lot I know unreal morals eh good on him I mean if you're in a position

like George Clooney you probably know that more money is going to be coming your way anyway yeah he'd be like can I just do it

and then go later oh I don't know yeah he should be like but I've told you now I've actually given you a blow by blow account of what's gone on in the past oh well he's a better man than me yeah

and that is spy for this hour for more you can head to the hits.co.nz for years we were questioning can you smell what the rock is cooking but come 2021 more appropriately can we smell what ganesh is cooking from the humble yum yum Yum and Eat Well for Less Ganesh Raj. We have been enjoying the Humble Yum Yum podcast. It's on iHeartRadio. First episode you talked to Hilary Barry about food, family and fame. This week, a rugby and All Black legend.

I know. What a privilege, man, to be able to talk to Tana Umanga. None other than Tana Umanga, the legend himself, came on the Humble Yum Yum podcast. And he was so generous, talked to us about his family, about how he grew up, about his parents, what he learned from them. Then he talked about how food played out for him in rugby.

He had quite a few hits and misses. That's what's going to be great for people to hear at the podcast is, you know, he confesses a few of the misses in terms of how he went wrong. And then he talks about going overseas. And then he talks about how he's trying to use his influence right now to help, you know, the Pacific Island community kind of get a little bit healthier, man. Every time I see Tana Umunga, I'm like,

well, you're a lot taller than I thought you would be. But I don't know what I'd imagined how high he would be. But when I see him, I'm like, oh, he's a lot taller, isn't he? How often are you running into Tana Umanga, I'm like, well, you're a lot taller than I thought you would be. But I don't know what I'd imagined how high he would be. But when I see him, I'm like, oh, he's a lot taller, isn't he? How often are you running into Tana? How often does this happen, John? Well, look, it's funny you say that. The way I met Tana and invited him was like I was at the food show, you know, the big fat food show, the ASB showground.

I'm walking through the food show. Tana and his missus are walking towards me. I look at him. He looks at me. I go, Tana Umaga. He goes, Ganesh from Eat Well for Less, I love your show. And that's how it all kicked off. That's how it kicked off.

And I literally became a 10-year-old boy meeting his idol for the first time. And did you go, wow, you're a lot taller than I thought you'd be? Or did you leave that alone? Well, you're right. I was thinking it. But I was like, that's a real dorky thing to say for the first time. But otherwise, you're right, though, bro. He is much taller than you think he is.

I heard there was a thing, and I don't know if they talk about this, but a credit card roulette, where sometimes the All Blacks would go overseas, and when they'd go to pay for a group dinner meal, they'd all basically get out their credit cards, and someone from the wait staff would choose at random a card, and they'd have to pay for the entire meal. I'm going to say that's true, right? Yeah. It's one of those ones you'd almost want to roll the dice on it. It's high risk, high reward.

Yeah, isn't it? High risk, high reward. I think it depends which town. I think if it's in France in a fancy restaurant, that's a tough one. This is Ben's gambling coming out. This is why he's dipping into the kids' savings Ben is a gambler? No

Everything's coming out today Yeah, rampant No, no No, I'm just saying Do you or do you not park at the Sky City every morning? That's because that's where our work car park is That is not an excuse, man We've seen you on CCTV, bro

Yeah, he said when we first came to this company, he's like, where are your car parks? They're like under the building. He's like, I'll need them at the casino. Oh, Ganesh Raj. Now, as we have been doing with the Humble Yum Yum podcast, thanks to Countdown, we've been bringing people on with you to sort of present a little bit of a situation and get some advice from you. Today, we have Nicole from Christchurch.

Come on down and level orange, Nicole. Good morning, how are you? Yeah. Now, what's your problem, Nicole? So, I have a family of four. I've got two young kids, picky. And I find myself, when I go grocery shopping, meat is getting expensive. And I was wondering the best family friendly meat substitute for a young family of picky eaters really. How old are the kids?

Three and nine. A three-year-old that's kind of just coming into food land. Well, listen, you're right. Meat is getting expensive. It's a good thing that you're doing right now, trying to figure out how to get vegetables, but also the nutrition of vegetables is fantastic for young people. How do they go with vegetables? Are they all right with vegetables? My nine-year-old is good. My toddler, not so much.

As soon as it hits his tongue, he won't even give it a go. Do you know what I don't know if this is any insights at all, but my kids were like, you know what it was about vegetables for us? It was the texture. The texture of the food, not so much the taste of it. He won't even give it a chew as soon as it hits his

tongue. He's like, no thanks. So I think we have to do two things. I think you're still going to have to get some sort of meat going in the house. Mince is really good. It's not that expensive and it's totally fine. Continuing to grate potatoes and carrots and make little mini meatballs with a bit of panko crumbs or breadcrumbs and make a little meatball, you know, like a little patty.

Oh, yum. Right? And then the secret is into the meatball mix, you put a teaspoon of chicken stock powder. When it hits his tongue, he will be deceived into kind of getting a little bit of that meaty flavor. Oh, that's a good idea. You know what I mean? So you can cheat.

You've got to cheat the three-year-old. I'm telling you, you're not going to win without cheating the three-year-old. That's how this works. Hey, Nicole, on behalf of the Humble Yum Yum podcast and Countdown, they want to give you a $200 Countdown voucher as well. Oh, awesome. Thank you very much for that. Yeah, there we go. I love it.

Ganesh is like, basically, we just need to cheat and lie the children until they're old enough to figure it out. 100%. Because at three years, we don't need to negotiate with a three-year-old. No, no, no. We don't negotiate with three-year-olds. You just want to give them some nutrition and then hopefully by the time they're five,

you've fed them enough cool stuff that they're not giving you any crap anymore. Very good, isn't it? Nicole, you have a wonderful day and Ganesh, thank you so much. The Humble Yum Yum podcast on iHeartRadio right now. Thanks to Countdown. We'll catch you next week, mate.

Thanks, buddy. Have a good one. No worries. And if you enjoy the magic of Christmas, you can shop online and save time. Head to countdown.co.nz. Jono and Ben, just like family. The family members you're ashamed of. Now on Wednesday,

we're heading to Eden Park. We're throwing basketballs from the roof, from the stadium roof down to the field below. And if Jono and I are now a shot each, two shots, we'll get a pretty cool prize we'll have to give away which includes $1,000 and some pretty sweet hookups at Eden Park. Hopefully

we'll also make news as well. And we wanted to know on 0800 The Hits if you've ever made news. Craig, have you made news? Yes, this was quite a while ago. I was only a baby at the time. But we had a colony of penguins underneath our house in Te Tahi Bay. Oh, and just out of Wellington there? Yeah, yeah. We were down around by the bottom of

Lamley Road, John Street, around by the beach, around the rocks. And somehow they'd sort of come across the road and underneath our house. The funny story about finding them was Dad heard the screaming under a house. So he went down with this poxy little torch trying to find what was going on and what it was. And he'd put his hand out and he'd felt this cold, wet face and he freaked. He thought he'd found a body. What he did was he came back with a bit of light and he'd found this sort of half marble statue that had been left under the house. But of course, subsequently after that, it was a baby penguin along with a small colony of penguins. So that was the screeching, the baby penguin?

Yeah. Was that the penguin birthing? Ah! Why did you do this to me, you monster? You know, talking to the father. And so did the news come round? Was it newspaper? What happened?

It was on the front page. I've been trying to find it ever since in the archives because apparently there's a picture of our family with the penguins. Yeah, happy feet really. I think they did penguins an injustice because now we all believe that penguins sing and dance all the time when really all they do is they nest under your house and probably become quite a burden after a while

I imagine, Craig. Oh yes, yes. Well you look after yourself in Otaki. We love Otaki. Maybe we spend a wonderful weekend there. That's the one. Saw that show. Yeah, good on you mate. You have a great day. You too. Thank after yourself in Otaki. We love Otaki. Maybe we spend a wonderful weekend there. That's the one. Saw that show. Yeah, good on you, mate. You have a great day. You too.

Thank you, mate. See you, mate. And we'll go to Marie. Welcome. Marie, you're on from Hamilton. Are you on, Marie? Yeah, I am. You made the news.

Yeah, I did. I was living in a port-a-key, and I'd been for a swim after work down at Waitahi Beach. And there was a bunch of school kids swimming and there was only one parent watching them and the rip caught them and I asked them to get out but the lady that was with me stepped in in her long linen dress and she got caught in the rip as well. So I grabbed one of the other kids' boogie boards,

got them to get out and I had to swim out about 200 metres to get them. By the time I got to them, she was about to let the boy go to save herself, and she was very pleased to see me come over the top of the crest of the wave, and we swam sideways and then went in. And she got him out, and I crawled up the beach. So it made the Apuriki news, and then the Saketani beacon picked it up

as well. Oh, so you saved lives. So did you swim back with the mother and the child? You were carrying them both? Yeah. Yeah, we hung onto the boggy board. Oh my gosh. That's a real heroic thing to do. Well, it made me think about an accident I'd had about a year before

where I went into Lake Rotomar in my vehicle in three metres of water upside down and nobody came in to save me and I thought, nobody's going to save these people because there was no one else on the beach. Oh, you've led a hell of a life. You had a car accident

and you were upside down in a lake? Yeah. How did you get yourself out of that? Well, luckily enough I'd just done a scuba dive course, so it saved my life. Oh, my gosh. You look like the New Zealand Forest Cup. You've done everything.

And then I ran the length of New Zealand. That's incredible. Yeah, it is incredible. Did the car accident make the news? Because I feel like that's worthy. Yeah, I think it did, but I can't remember because I was in shock at the time and was just ignoring news. But I didn't have anything wrong with me, just a few scratches. Jeez, well, if there's not a movie made on your life,

I don't know, there's nothing I can do about it, but I'm just saying that someone should. Someone should, you're right. And I've since survived breast cancer. What a journey you've had. I have. Well, Marie, it's been an honour to talk to you a journey you've had. I have. Well, Marie, it's been an honour to talk to you. Thank you very much.

No worries. I'll send Peter Jackson over to see if we can start some things. Get the ball rolling. Excellent. All right, you look after yourself. Hayden, you're on from the West Coast. Yeah, I made the news. I was seven years old and the YR school in North Canterbury

went to Kaisu Theatre to see the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. They asked on the mic if anyone wanted to come up on stage and conduct and I was just sitting there in my seat and my mate put my hand up

and unfortunately I got picked. Oh, I did that to Ben the other day in a group situation We were all having to learn something And they were like, who wants to go first? And I said, Ben will And he had to do it in front of you And I did not want to be that person

I know exactly what you feel like But how did you go? Yeah, well, I made one news One news? Oh, the big banger Was it a shocking performance from the orchestra Or did they manage to get through it? Oh, well, you know, I just kind of, like, waved my arms around,

and from what I remember, it turned out all right. Yeah, I always feel like the conductor's an unnecessary addition to an orchestra. They know what they're doing. Yeah. Yeah, if you play an instrument, I mean, if you play an instrument, all the conductor does is stand there and wave the snicker around. Yeah, there we go. We've just really undercut the role of a conductor.

Hey, thank you very much, Hayden. Have a great day. Yeah, you too, mate. There's a plethora of people there making news. Hopefully, we're going to do on Wednesday when we're up on Eden Park throwing those basketballs. Hey, next, Ganesh Raj, you know him from Eat Well for Less. He's got a new podcast out now. And he's going to join us next.

And you can win a $200 countdown voucher. Yeah, it's pretty sweet. What a start to a Monday, Benjamin.er. Yeah, it's pretty sweet. What a start to a Monday, Benjamin. Oh no, it's 6.60. They played in London over the weekend. It is the hits. Dealing with your friends, breakfast isn't bad, the thing.

Jono and Ben, or as they're known in the office, those two. Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. On Wednesday we're going to be up the top of Eden Park Stadium on the roof and Jono and Ben, New Zealand's breakfast on the hits. You're on the hits, Jono and Ben. On Wednesday, we're going to be up the top of Eden Park Stadium on the roof, and Jono and I are basically going to be throwing down basketballs until we nail two shots, a shot each. And if we nail two shots in the hoop, we unlock a pretty amazing prize,

thanks to Eden Park. You're basically hooked up for next year for rugby, cricket, all concerts that happen at Eden Park, 660, Guns N' Roses. You've got an all-access pass, a double pass. History-making event, and we will be on the roof with the seagulls and the cell phone towers on top of Eden. But the seagulls will probably be like, hey, you don't usually come around here.

The questions will be asked on top of the roof. But I figured it out. I was looking over the weekend, about 34, 35 metres down onto the field. That's not factoring in the arc that we'll have to throw the ball at to get into the hoop as well. Wind conditions too. Weather's not looking too favourable on Wednesday, Bamboy. So we're going to be dealing with the elements up there. Yeah, well last time we went up on the roof just for a look because they had this really cool walk you can do up there.

It was quite blustery. So you're right, throwing down balls is going to be very... Aren't they quite light balls as well? Yeah, they are. So they're just going to be flying in all directions. It's a lot of luck, isn't it? It's a lot of luck. Anyway, I don't know how many hours we're going to be up there for,

six or seven hours, but if we get two shots, our two shots for summer, one from Ben, one from myself, we'll unlock that amazing prize and probably make news. Don't lie, probably make news it'll be the second week in a row that a bald man has graced the front page of the paper last week, Luxon had his turn, well done fair play, and this week is my turn

Ben. So we like to throw it out there on 0800 the hits, have you made news for 487, like we are hopefully going to do on Wednesday not so early on a Monday morning but let's open up the fine lines. Risky call. This is risky.

I'm 6'27". I'm confident. Let's do this. We're not going to get any calls. We'll find out. Oh, and with that, if you made news like we're going to this week, it is that. Taking over all your favourite song intros, Jono and Ben, the Heads. Well done to Chantal, who's in the draw for the Škoda. Live free two weeks with the Škoda and $5,000 over summer New Year's.

Mate, tell you what. What a great way to spend summer New Year's, Ben Boyce. Could you think of a better way? No. Maybe with $10,000. Yeah, true. But we can't provide that. No, but $5,000 and the new Škoda is pretty amazing.

Scrolling through your feed. All right, time now for an early news update from a man who is three quarters awake. Ben Boyce, what's been happening? Well, this is something that producer Juliet just sent through to me before. Dunedin's Foresight Bar Stadium, the number one South Island stadium for many years now. Don't tell that to the other stadiums.

They're pretty complex. But they'll be working on a number of projects to stay ahead of the game. And they're working with AJ Hackett bungee and doing a bungee jump from the roof inside the stadium. Now that is staying ahead of the game. I can't think of another stadium you can do that in. No, I would have thought that

no one else would be thinking about that. We this week are going to be up on the roof of Eden Park and trying to throw basketball shots down onto the field, which is going to be... I mean, we thought we were staying ahead of the game. Maybe we could stay ahead of the game and give it a go at Eden Park.

Do a bungee jump. Do the debut. Beat Dunedin to the chase. Well, I don't know. Then they would be behind the game and then they'd have to do something more wild. Because, of course, it's got a roof, the Dunedin Stadium,

so they'll be across right in the middle where you can bungee jump down. Great way for the All Blacks to enter. I think you've regained. And at number nine, it's Aaron Smith. He's a boing, boing, boing. Take a while.

And then he awkwardly has to be unclipped. And then they do the hucka. Wonderful entrance. Bit of pizzazz. Have you ever been to Forsyth Bar Stadium? No, it does look incredible.

I haven't actually been in there, but yeah. I love the fact that it's got a roof. It's pretty awesome. Yeah. Any stadium with a roof is pretty cool. I can never figure out

the roof on a stadium, how they get one side to join with the other. When the one's the retractable roof. What is the construction of that? Does it just get crazy? How does it happen? How does the engineer, sometimes you look at stuff and you're like, engineering is an absolute marvel.

It is. And then you get the retractable ones. Isn't the one in Melbourne where they play tennis? Yes. Can't they open and close? Yeah. Just incredible, isn't it? When you stop to think about stuff, like buildings and construction,

you're just like, what? WTF? Like the pyramids. Yes. How did they build The pyramids back then Oh this is not even like Yeah Like last year

This is a while ago That was just with Pure brute force Crazy Yeah it's pretty incredible Crazy stuff And something else A mum

A young mum overseas Has just gone a little bit viral Revealing how she Found out she was giving birth Just 50 minutes before She found out she was pregnant 50 more 50 minutes before. She found out she was pregnant 50 minutes before giving birth. And she was shocked there because she thought she was having stuff that was basically not going to allow her to have a baby.

Right. And also she was still a size 6. So, yeah, she has no idea that she was actually giving birth. That baby must have been tiny. Yeah. No idea. No idea. I always hear these stories and I'm always like, no idea at all.

Yeah. Well, according to this, yeah, she was very surprised. Sometimes you hear ones that they're like, I was just going to the toilet and the baby came out. Yeah. She said she was on the pill and she was also, yeah. Really? She was size six as well. So that's why you'd think in her mind, she's like, well, there's no way I would actually be pregnant.

And then she started having contractions, obviously. We were like, what the heck is going on here? And then, yeah, so a remarkable story. You're right. Just when you think, oh, these stories can't happen anymore, they still do. I'd love us to track down one of those stories from years gone by. People are like, I didn't even know I was pregnant, and then I was in the shower, and I gave birth to a baby. Yeah.

To just see if they were doing it for the headline. Oh, right. Because it's gave birth to a baby. Yeah. To just see if they were doing it for the headline. Oh, right. Because it's a smart play. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I could go through like, oh, I didn't know I was pregnant, but, you know, get you some, you could appear on Oprah Winfrey and make some cash. She's not lying to herself to that, mate.

She's with Adele, isn't she? Yeah, with Adele and Meghan Markle. Yeah, well, she lowered herself to Markle, though. Oh, yeah. Oh, jeez. Like, if she's talking to Markle, she can talk to a pregnant. And that's doing it to Markle, she can do it to a green net. And that is scrolling to your feed this morning. It is the Hats.

You've got Jono and Ben. Jono and Ben, the Hats. You're on the Hats, Jono and Ben, on a Monday morning after the first weekend of the new traffic light system right around the country. Yeah. It was unusual seeing tables and chairs outside bars and restaurants as we were driving home Friday.

It was good, but it was unsettling. But it was good and unsettling. Yeah, no, it is really cool to see things going on again, do you know? Yeah, good for that retail, not retail, hospitality industry as well. Exactly. Doesn't it kick things back into gear? Well, I was reading an article about this guy who had an employee who didn't want to get vaccinated, and that was obviously their decision not to be vaccinated.

But he couldn't then have them as an employee of the bar that he worked for. So he's like, oh, I'm going to have to let you go. But now there's law that got rushed through, apparently, a couple of weeks ago, that he has to pay them out for weeks. Really? Yeah. Wow. And he's like, but this is their decision.

And the government's made me do this. And then I have to pay them out. Pay them out for a week. For an industry that's already probably, you know, being kicked in the intestines multiple times. Wow. I thought it was an interesting law. Yeah.

It's a bit strange, isn't it? Yeah. Anyway, I know we've spoken a couple of times. We've lightly dusted over the Wim Hof method. Is it the cold shower? A friend, Martin, does it. Well well not just yeah they're not the cold showers people go do the ice baths you know green's a big uh big fan my dad loves it hey he tries to convince me to do it i'm like no thank you does dave do it every morning does he um he does it with um he'll get

into the spa and then have a like an ice cold shower straight afterwards so it's go from hot to cold hot to cold it's weird i don't know it's go from hot to cold, hot to cold. It's weird. I don't even know. It's meant to be quite good for your mind and your mental state and stuff as well. A lot of people will go swear by it. It really grounds them and stuff.

So yeah, that's pretty cool. Apparently it's alertness. Makes you focused from the moment that you wake up. Celebrities do it. Tom Cruise apparently has a freezing... Oh yeah, Tom Cruise would. Tom Cruise looks like a psycho who would have an ice bath

Every morning doesn't he Yeah Bieber Does he Ice bath or ice shower Ice shower sorry Or the Wim Hof method Whatever it is

Yeah Freezing cold Oprah Winfrey David Beckham does as well But I wanted to do a Would you rather So would you rather Have a freezing cold shower

Every morning Which I tried this morning By the way Right I thought I'd give this a go after reading it. If Tom Cruise does it, maybe I should do it. And it was terrifying. I don't think I'll ever want to do that to my body again.

It was like jump-scaring your body into waking up. Would you rather have an extremely cold shower every morning? Now, this is even through the June, July, August months. Right, yeah. Or be uncomfortably hot every morning. Now this is even through the June, July, August months. Right, yeah. Or be uncomfortably hot every day. So for every day of your life you'll be like, oh jeez, Ben's sweaty. Like you would come and...

So to that point that I'm perspiring. So you've got to either have a freezing cold shower every morning or you've got to be running five degrees hotter than everybody else. And you're like, Ben would be known as the sweaty hops guy. I'm going to have to go freeze and cold shower every morning because I reckon your body would get used to it.

The people like Oprah and people like Beckham, they're doing it every morning. Obviously, they're seeing benefits, whereas you for the sweaty hops guy, I don't see a lot of benefits in that. It's just like you're permanently in menopause mode. Oh, jeez, why's he sweaty? You just ask him to do like a mundane task. You just look very nervous the whole time, don't you?

What's he trying to hide? So what about you, Juliet? Freezing cold shower every morning or permanently hot? I think, ooh, I feel like I would, yeah, I think I'm the same as Ben. Even though through winter I would struggle. Yeah, you've got to think about those four or five months. Yeah, that's really hard. Oh.

Oh, my goodness. But you're fighting through it, Ben, boys. That's right. So he doesn't want to be known as the sweaty guy. Hey, stick around. We've got $5,000 for grabs after 7 o'clock. As well as that, we've got an awesome new competition, thanks to our mates at Resene, where you could win up to $10,000.

Now, we'll explain a wee bit more a wee bit later on. Oh, is that what this is here? Yeah. Oh, the old... That is what's that there. Yeah. And then you could win up to $10,000 with that. We'll explain more very shortly.

It is the hits. Mmm, coffee breath. Jono and Ben, the hits. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on the hits. Good morning, coffee breath. Jono and Ben, The Hits. New Zealand's breakfast. This is Jono and Ben on The Hits. Good morning, New Zealand. Welcome along to the show. It is The Hits.

Jono and Ben with you on a Monday. We just had a funny moment just starting off the show. Just moments before coming on here, Jono comes around, and I had my headphones plugged in, which is essential. One of the few things you need to do radio. Tools of the trade. Yeah, like the boots for a rugby player or, you know, the Pilates mat for the Pilates trainer.

So you need a microphone, you need some headphones. That's about it. That's it. Just give him a mic and headphones, he'll give you a radio show. But just before we're about to go on air, Jono comes around to my headphones and he's like, you don't need those, eh? I'm like, what? You don't need those, eh?

I'm like, yeah, I kind of do. You're about to say, well, here are some things. But no, your answer was confusing because I said, you don't need those, and you went, yeah. So I meant, no, he doesn't need those. But why did you even ask if he needed them? Oh, because I... Because of course he needs them. They were plugged in in front of me, and then I was like, why would I not need those?

It's just the way you find out you've been moved on. Yeah, you don't need those. Time to hang up the headphones, like why would I not need those it's just the way you find out you've been moved on yeah you don't need those time to hang up the headphones buddy you don't need those I've heard from management they've told me how was the weekend anyway

it was good it was good to catch up with some people again it was good to see people out and about as well it was good Juliet celebrated it looks like

Crate Day chewed you up digested you and spat you out into Monday morning it really did I feel like a shell but you you know, we get through it. Yeah.

Love life. How was your Craig day been? You lay the hammer down? No, but I did catch up with some bar friends over the weekend. It was good. A couple of social occasions and stuff. Used another toilet. Some people used our toilet.

It was wonderful stuff. Cooked a ham. You cooked a large Christmas ham. It was great. How long does that take? It's pretty much all cooked already. It's just you put glazing on top. I cooked a ham.

And geez, that just keeps you going through the weekend, doesn't it? Yeah, wow. You'll still be eating that ham in July 2022. Exactly. That's the good thing about hams. We've got an exciting week this week. It's, I think, New Zealand first. We're going to do our version of two shots.

It's two shots at Eden Park on top of the roof of the grandstand into a basketball hoop, which will be on the field below. We're going to do it Wednesday. We'll tell you more before seven. And as a heads, you've got Jono and Ben on your Monday morning. Jono and Ben, brought to you by Resene, New Zealand's most trusted paint. Kiwi made since 1946. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Jono and Ben,

you can have them anywhere, anytime. Welcome to the Jono and Ben podcast. Hi, guys. Welcome. 6th of December. Blow me down, Ben boys. I want you to use your mouth and blow wind onto me because that's the second to

we only got one more Monday to wake up before we're on a break Oh, for us it is Yeah, we knock off on the 17th Yeah Yeah, it was casual radio hours, I won't lie I won't lie, they they kind of radio shuts down, doesn't it, late December jam

Yeah, doesn't it, as an industry Everyone's done with radio for the year, we'll pick that up in the new year Radio shuts down, doesn't it, late December jam? Yeah. Doesn't it? As an industry. Everyone's done with radio for the year. We'll pick that up in the new year. But we're around summer. We might be listening. Yeah. We're done.

We're done. We're done. People are still on, though. Yeah. There's still people hosting the shows and stuff like that. It's actually the time of year I would listen to radio more. Driving around. Yeah, driving around in summer at the beach.

It's a huge time for radio. It's a real weird time that radio just stops radio stops but there's still yeah probably the most listenership that you could have at unusual times as well like i mean the prime show would probably be you know 10 till 3 maybe yeah till 3 daytime show everyone commuting yeah you got to me you know trapped in a year, should we just stay on? We probably should. We should be 10-3 over the Christmas period. But you know, I was just wondering it's the first Monday after the traffic light systems come into force and I'm noticing

a lot of people around the building not many masks. Masks aren't mandatory now around here. No, I don't think they have to be. I think they're recommended but not mandatory. I I don't think they have to be. I think they're recommended, but not mandatory. I always don't like this stage, and I'm only judging this off the last time

we came out and moved out of a lockdown. You have that weird thing of like, do I look like a complete psycho if I'm wearing a mask? Or not? You know, they're kind of... I felt uncomfortable in situations when I was wearing a mask. I mean, we bumped into a lady we were working with.

She's like, oh, you're wearing a mask. Yeah. Pointed it out. And then I got all inside my head. You're right. But when you think about it, all you're trying to do is keep healthy and safe from a virus. Yeah, I know. You're right.

It's good when everyone's on the same thing. That's what I like. Yeah. You're like, cool to go into the store. Everyone's got to wear a mask. You're like, great. Not to be the person like, oh, I'm the only one. That's the thing. Yeah, you're like, cool, to go into the store, everyone's got to wear a mask, you're like, great. Not to be the person, like, oh, I'm the only one. That's the thing. Yeah.

But then I don't know if it's more just in my head or... No, I think it's, well, it's definitely in mine as well. It's a New Zealand thing, eh? It's a New Zealand thing where it's like, oh, they're not wearing masks, yeah. It's like, uh... This is how the virus gets around, if we don't wear masks. Travelling away a couple of holidays ago when you could travel before the lockdown

and then going out of town and we all got into the family got into a taxi, I think we did. We all had our masks on and they're like, oh, you're from Auckland. I was like, what's that? He goes, I'm masks. No one else is wearing masks, you know? Yeah. And you're like, oh, okay, yeah, I guess so. It's the Auckland thing. That was the Auckland virus then. Yeah, it was the Auckland virus.

Well, no, it's pretty sure it's been... No, it's just the Auckland one. Just the Auckland one. Yeah, no, it's an Auckland thing. To be honest, Auckland, we are ruining it for the rest of the country, though. But yeah, so I'm heading that stage around the office now. But I'm still wearing a mask around the office, only because we got used to it. Yeah, you've got kind of used to it. You kind of get up in the morning, you're like, OK, I've got to take my mask, I've got to take my wallet, I've got to take my keys.

I just got, I just, they actually scanned in, the first time I got asked for my vaccine passport. To actually, well, the second time I got asked for it, but the first time they actually scanned it. Well, this is interesting because retail you don't have to, but dining experience, cafe, restaurant, bar, you do have to show, right? Is that the rule? As far as I know, yeah.

So you went into a cafe and what did they do? They went, oh, you got vaccinated. I went, oh, this is exciting. The novelty will wear off now. Did you have to fumble around your wallet? No, I had it kind of pre-prepared earlier. So I had it up and, yeah. And then it was all over and done with.

There's no real beep or anything like that. They just went, yeah, thanks for that. So they don't scan it? Yeah, yeah. Oh, they scan it. She scanned it with her. She had a phone that she kind of held up to. So what's stopping you from giving me your pass?

Because there's no photo on it. Probably nothing, to be honest. I don't think so. Apart from my morals, which I wouldn't do. Which will stop you, because you have fine morals. Yeah, I heard that with $10 online. That's what I heard on the radio, that people are selling some other ones. I guess you could sell it to 100 people. But then also, you've got some rando wandering around with your identification for $10.

Yeah. It's at least $10. Yeah. I mean, it's at least $20. Sure. I mean, I'm not giving a driver's license to some gang member for less than $20. It's got to be $20. Yeah, that's a good point. That's a good market rate. Now, I was going to talk about something else.

What was that? Oh, I can't even remember. No, that's it. That's it. That's all I had for the podcast intro. It was something interesting to do with the passes. And I just can't figure it out. Oh, that's the thing.

When they scan, yes, it confirms that it's a legitimate pass, but it doesn't keep any record of you being there. What? No. Is that why you still got to scan it? You still have to do your QR code. Oh, I suppose. Yeah, okay.

I see. It's asking an awful lot of the owners of these places, I think, to scan it? Oh, you still have to use your QR code. No, I suppose. Yeah, okay. I see. It's asking an awful lot of the owners of these places, I think, isn't it? Yeah. Do they have to or not? Is it like law that they need to do this? I think so. Oh, yeah. But I know that I did hear over the weekend

that there was people getting quite angry, getting asked for their passes and stuff like that, which is kind of annoying. Why are they getting angry? They know the rules. Yeah, I know. Oh, you know. It's an angry time.

There are some angry people out there. I know Oscar's mate, my son, went to play his first game of cricket in six months. Wow. And they were just about to start, and then a whole bunch of anti-vaxxers stormed onto the field and wouldn't leave. Really? So these poor kids who hadn't played cricket in half a year, they couldn't finish the game because obviously for the safety of the kids

many of them unvaccinated, obviously under 12, had to stop cricket just because anti-vaxxers anti-vaccine, oh not anti-vaxxers sorry, anti-lockdown. But then you're like, we're not locked down anymore. What are you protesting? And if you're going to protest, do it kind of like, don't interrupt someone else's

kids cricket. Yeah, like protest off to the side.'t interrupt someone else's cricket. A kid's cricket. Yeah, like protest off to the side. Yeah, it was at the Domain. So there was a few upset kids after that. I can imagine. So anyway, have a great day. Enjoy the podcast and we'll catch you tomorrow.